President Trump celebrated Super Bowl with founder of Florida spa where Robert Kraft allegedly paid for sexual favors

President Trump posed for a selfie with Li Yang, bottom left, who founded a series of spa of Southern Florida know for offering illicit, sexual services.

President Trump cheered the New England Patriots – owned by his longtime friend Robert Kraft – to their latest Super Bowl victory alongside a woman who previously owned the massage parlor where Kraft allegedly paid for sexual favors.

At one point during the party at the President’s West Palm Beach Country Club, Trump posed for blurry selfies with the woman, Li Yang. According to the Miami Herald, the 45-year-old entrepreneur from China established the chain of Asian Day Spas, many of which are known in the area for offering sexual services.

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Yang posted the selfies and other images from the party to her Facebook page.

“We love our president,” she wrote.

Yang no longer owns Orchids of Asia Day Spa, a business recently caught up in a months-long investigation aimed at prostitution and sex trafficking rings, allegedly operated out of local massage parlors across Southern Florida.

Yang in 2007 purchased the first of her Tokyo Day Spas, which is still run by her husband, Zubin Gong, in Palm Beach Gardens. Her second Tokyo Day Spa was located in Jupiter and would go on to become Orchids of Asia after she sold it to another businesswoman, Hua Zhang, in 2013.

In the last 10 years, Yang and her family have opened at least six locations across Palm Beach and Broward Counties in addition to a massage school and several nail salons, the Herald reported.

Zhang in February was charged with racketeering and running a house of prostitution. She has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Yang is not facing charges in wake of the sting operation, which also spanned several counties. The investigation last month resulted in the closure of 10 Asian Day Spas in Florida, though none of them are registered to Yang or her family.

Kraft has denied soliciting prostitutes at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, but authorities said they have video of the NFL billionaire twice paying for sexual favors at the Jupiter business on Jan. 19 and again on Jan. 20.

He has since pleaded not guilty to two counts of solicitation, one for each of his alleged trips to the spa.

Trump expressed shock upon learning his friend was implicated in the police operation, telling reporters he was “surprised” Kraft was caught up in the sting — which has so far yielded more than a dozen arrests.

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Kraft has long been a frequent visitor to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, which is located about 30 minutes away from the massage parlor he’s been accused of visiting.

It appears Yang has also been a frequent visitor to the Winter White House in recent years. In addition to spending Super Bowl Sunday at the President’s resort, she also enjoyed New Year’s Eve there as well as Turning Point USA event, where she snapped a photo with Donald Trump Jr.

According to her Facebook page, Yang in February 2018 traveled to the White House to participate in an event hosted by the Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative. The same year, she attended at least two more events hosted by the advisory group, established by an executive order last year.

Yang has no shortage of photos at political campaigns and galas, where she has snapped photos with a slew of high-profile Republican figures, including the President and his sons, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Rick Scott and Sarah Palin.

Sometimes, she accessorizes her gowns with a clutch encrusted with red, white and blue gems — the phrase “MAGA” written across the front.